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Talks of supplying Ukraine with weapons that tin scope Russia are "extremely dangerous," Kremlin says
From CNN's Radina Gigova and Anna Chernova
Any discussions among Western countries astir supplying Ukraine with weapons that volition let it to onslaught astatine Russian territory are "extremely dangerous," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Thursday during a regular telephone with journalists.
On Thursday, Russia’s Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov besides commented connected weapons shipments to Ukraine, saying: “It should beryllium wide for everyone – we volition destruct immoderate weapons supplied to the Zelensky's authorities by either the United States oregon NATO.”
Estonia announces much subject assistance for Ukraine worthy $122 million
From CNN's Teele Rebane and Radina Gigova
Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas speaks during a associated property league astatine the Tapa Army Base connected March 1, successful Tallinn, Estonia. (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images)Estonia volition nonstop different bundle of subject assistance to Ukraine worthy 113 cardinal euros ($122 million), Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas announced Thursday successful a statement. The assistance bundle includes dozens of howitzers, implicit a 100 anti-tank weapons, artillery enactment equipment, grenade launchers and ammunition, according to the statement.
With the latest assistance package, Estonia's full subject assistance to Ukraine volition summation to 370 cardinal euros, oregon somewhat much than 1% of Estonia's gross home product, according to the connection – a important stock compared to different European countries.
“Our assistance and the assistance of our allies volition person a nonstop interaction connected the warring quality of Ukrainian soldiers and this is highly valued successful Ukraine. Therefore, it is important to acceptable an illustration and to motivate different allies to springiness assistance arsenic well," Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said successful the aforesaid statement.
European Council president is successful Kyiv to sermon further enactment for Ukraine
From CNN's Niamh Kennedy
European Council President Charles Michel traveled to Kyiv Thursday to sermon "concrete measures" to enactment Ukraine's combat against Russia.
Michel's sojourn comes arsenic Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky called connected allied countries to supply Ukraine with much almighty weaponry, including tanks.
Speaking successful a video posted connected his authoritative Twitter relationship connected Thursday, Michel said helium was going to the Ukrainian superior to conscionable with Zelensky, arsenic good arsenic Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and members of the parliament.
We cognize that the Ukrainians are resisting, they are fighting. They are warring for their land. They are warring for the aboriginal and the aboriginal of their children," said Michel.
Michel laid retired his program to sermon with Zelensky the "concrete measures" the European Union tin instrumentality to guarantee Ukraine is "stronger" and "more powerful" successful the look of Russian attacks.
"They request and merit our support," helium added.
Later connected Thursday morning, Michel tweeted a photograph of him hugging the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine, Olga Stefanishyna, aft arriving successful Kyiv.
Kremlin says Zelensky "would similar that neither Russia nor Putin exist"
From CNN's Anna Chernova and Radina Gigova
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “would similar that neither Russia nor (Vladimir) Putin exist,” according to Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, aft Zelensky said Thursday that he was unsure if the Russian president "is alive."
It is wide that some Russia and Putin are a large occupation for today's Ukraine and Zelensky. Purely psychologically, Zelensky would similar that neither Russia nor Putin exist,” Peskov said during a regular telephone with journalists connected Thursday.
“The sooner the Ukrainian authorities shows readiness to instrumentality into relationship the demands of Russia – which volition beryllium achieved 1 mode oregon different – the sooner everything volition extremity and the sooner the radical of Ukraine volition statesman to retrieve from the calamity that the Kyiv authorities staged," Peskov claimed.
Earlier Thursday, Zelensky told attendees astatine Davos that helium doesn't "understand who to speech to" connected the Russian broadside successful effect to a question astir the anticipation of bid talks.
"I bash not rather recognize whether helium (Putin) is live oregon whether helium makes decisions, oregon who is making decisions," helium said.
"I don't rather recognize however you tin committedness the European leaders 1 happening and commencement a warfare the adjacent day," Zelensky added.
Pressure grows connected Germany to vessel tanks to Ukraine, arsenic US defence curate meets caller German counterpart
From CNN's Nadine Schmidt and Niamh Kennedy
Germany stands “shoulder to shoulder” with its allies successful supporting Ukraine, the country's recently appointed Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Thursday.
"Together with our partners, we volition proceed to enactment Ukraine successful its conflict for state and territorial independency and sovereignty," Pistorius told reporters successful Berlin connected Thursday up of talks with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
"As truthful often successful past – but particularly successful times similar these – Germany and the United States of America basal enarthrosis to shoulder," added Pistorius.
Ukrainian officials person called connected Germany to supply the Leopard 2 conflict tanks swiftly to propulsion backmost Russian forces who invaded the state connected 24 February past year.
For his part, Austin thanked Germany connected Thursday for its efforts to "strengthen Ukraine's self-defense."
The US defence caput besides thanked Germany for its "strong support" of the United States' "increased presence" and for facilitating the question of soldiers and instrumentality "to and done Germany to reenforce our eastbound flank allies."
High-level talks: Austin's gathering with Pistorius on Thursday comes arsenic Germany faces accrued unit to nonstop tanks to Ukraine.
Thursday's gathering is 1 of a bid of high-level talks connected Ukraine taking spot this week.
Friday volition see a cardinal gathering of NATO's Ukraine Defense Contact Group astatine the US Ramstein Air Base, hosted by Austin, focusing connected much subject assistance for Ukraine.
Austin said the 2 defence chiefs volition sermon Thursday "some of the issues that we'll tackle time astatine the interaction group."
"We'll besides sermon different cardinal issues for the NATO and for our bilateral defence narration and ways that we tin bash adjacent much together," Austin added.
“We are precise optimistic that we volition marque advancement connected this request by the extremity of the week,” the authoritative added.
Poland whitethorn transportation German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine without Berlin's permission, PM says
From CNN's Antonia Mortensen
Polish subject thrust a Leopard vessel during a unrecorded occurrence objection portion of the Bear 22 subject exercises astatine the Nowa Deba grooming crushed connected September 21, successful Nowa Deba, Poland. (Omar Marques/Getty Images)Poland volition either person support to transportation German-made tanks to Ukraine "or we volition bash the close happening ourselves," Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Thursday.
Any transportation of the Leopard 2 conflict tanks would typically necessitate support from Berlin arsenic they are made successful Germany.
When asked astir the hold successful Germany giving support for the transfer, Morawiecki said Poland had offered Ukraine 14 tanks.
“At the aforesaid time, we indispensable guarantee that others volition besides conscionable these needs. Among these others, the ones that person been the slightest proactive truthful acold are the Germans," helium said during a video interrogation connected his way back from the International Economic Forum successful Davos.
"We volition proceed to strive, we volition proceed to propulsion the chancellor's bureau and Germany to respond to our connection arsenic soon arsenic possible."
New defence minister: Morawiecki was besides asked whether helium expected a alteration aft Boris Pistorius, who has called for the easing of sanctions against Russia, took implicit arsenic Germany's defence minister.
“This worries maine a lot. I don't cognize overmuch astir Germany's caller Defense Minister. What I bash cognize gives maine immoderate anxiety," said Morawiecki.
But Pistorius should beryllium fixed "a fewer days time" to spot "what his archetypal steps volition be," added Morawiecki.
We agreed that we would manus implicit the tanks together,” helium said. “Consent is secondary. Either we volition get this consent, oregon we volition bash the close happening ourselves.”
“The astir important happening is for the Germans, Danes, Finns, French and different nations to connection their modern tanks and dense instrumentality arsenic soon arsenic possible," said Morawiecki. "The quality to support state successful Ukraine, and frankincense the information of the full of Europe, whitethorn beryllium connected it."
'Encouraging and inspiring others': Poland has already sent 250 tanks to Ukraine, Morawiecki told CNN's Richard Quest connected Wednesday, connected the sidelines of the International Economic Forum.
"We were the archetypal who person offered the Leopard tanks and we are present encouraging and inspiring others, successful peculiar the Germans, to springiness their part," he said.
"And this is the large question, due to the fact that 14 tanks connected apical of 250, is not the crippled changer, but if France and successful peculiar Germany and immoderate different countries gave 20-30 tanks each, past it could marque a quality for Ukraine," helium added.
Some context: There is increasing unit for Western allies to supply Ukraine with dense conflict tanks.
France, Poland and the United Kingdom person pledged to soon nonstop tanks for the Ukrainian subject to usage successful its efforts to support itself from Russia. Finland is considering pursuing suit.
Germany has said it would transportation infantry warring vehicles to Kyiv but is yet to perpetrate to sending tanks. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has insisted that immoderate specified program would request to beryllium afloat coordinated with the full of the Western alliance, including the United States.
The Western allies are acceptable to conscionable time astatine the US Ramstein aerial basal successful Germany to sermon further subject assistance for Kyiv.
Brovary chopper clang decease toll stands astatine 14 with much than a twelve injured
From CNN's Maria Kostenko and Radina Gigova
Rescue services enactment astatine the country of a chopper clang successful Brovary, adjacent Kyiv, Ukraine, connected January 18. (Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)More than a twelve radical injured successful Wednesday's chopper clang successful the Ukrainian metropolis of Brovary bash not person superior injuries and are successful recovery, according to Oleksiy Kuleba, caput of the Kyiv portion subject administration.
"By this morning, the dynamics had changed for the better, acknowledgment to the efforts of our doctors," Kuleba said connected nationalist tv connected Thursday. "No 1 is earnestly injured. All the injured are of mean severity."
Particular attraction is paid to the children who suffered analyzable burns but their information is satisfactory," helium said.
There were 16 radical injured, including six children, erstwhile the chopper crashed adjacent a kindergarten and a residential artifact successful the Kyiv suburb, sidesplitting 14 people.
All 9 radical connected committee the chopper were killed, including Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, with 5 much radical killed connected the ground, including 1 child.
The families of the victims volition beryllium provided with fiscal assistance, said Kuleba.
Utility teams are moving astatine the country of the crash, inspecting the harm to the residential gathering and the kindergarten, Kuleba said. Repair works successful the residential gathering volition commencement connected Thursday, helium added.
"The children who attended the kindergarten volition beryllium studying remotely this week, and past their parents volition beryllium offered options to transportation them to different kindergartens," said Kuleba.
New German defence curate speaks with French counterpart connected archetypal time of job
From CNN's Claudia Otto and Nadine Schmidt
Boris Pistorius, caller Minister of Defense, gives a property league aft his reception successful the Bendlerblock, Berlin, Germany, connected January 19. (Michael Kappeler/picture alliance/Getty Images)New German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has spoken connected the telephone with his French counterpart Sebastien Lecornu, according to the German defence ministry.
''That's wherefore it was peculiarly important for maine to speech with my French workfellow Lecornu arsenic rapidly arsenic possible."
Pistorius officially took bureau connected Thursday pursuing the resignation of his predecessor Christine Lambrecht.
Both ministers are acceptable to proceed their speech successful idiosyncratic arsenic aboriginal arsenic Sunday astatine the Franco-German Council of Ministers successful Paris, the connection continued.
Relations betwixt the 2 neighbors person precocious travel nether strain implicit differences ranging from overseas and vigor policies to defence procurement and anti-inflation alleviation measures arsenic the warfare successful Ukraine rages on.
Zelensky says Ukraine volition reclaim Crimea
From CNN's Radina Gigova and Maria Kostenko
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appears via video nexus an lawsuit connected the sidelines on time 3 of the World Economic Forum (WEF) successful Davos, Switzerland, connected January 19. (Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg/Getty Images)Ukraine volition reclaim Crimea arsenic it is "our land," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said arsenic helium addressed the "Ukraine Breakfast" league astatine Davos connected Thursday.
"But determination is inactive an accidental for Russia to permission this territory, and not lone this one. No 1 is saying that relations tin beryllium restored, but it tin prevention the lives of their people," helium said.
"The spread betwixt our countries is enormous. It is not artificial. It has been dug by [Russian President Vladimir] Putin. He is lasting with this shovel and volition stay with this shovel successful history," Zelensky said.
Asked astir the anticipation of bid negotiations, Zelensky said: "Peace talks are not peace. The parties request to recognize it. For the past 3 years [since helium became president] we did everything we could to liberate our onshore done diplomacy," helium said.
"Someone did not privation to, did not person time, did not believe, enactment guardant conditions. There were galore specified people, and the halfway of that each was successful Moscow," helium added.
"I don't recognize who to speech to. I bash not rather recognize whether helium [Putin] is live oregon whether helium makes decisions, oregon who is making decisions," said Zelensky. "I don't rather recognize however you tin committedness the European leaders 1 happening and commencement a warfare the adjacent day."
Some context: This isn't the archetypal clip that Zelensky has vowed to overthrow Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea since Russia's full-scale penetration of Ukraine began past year. Speaking past August, helium stressed that for Ukrainians, Crimea is "not conscionable immoderate territory" oregon adjacent a "figure successful the geopolitical game." "For Ukraine, Crimea is simply a portion of our people, our society, a assemblage of radical to whom we warrant freedom," helium said astatine the time.
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